User talk:Itzse

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Hello, Itzse, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  JFW | T@lk 23:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] My user page

I thought you might like to check out the new project I'm working on on my user page. Thanks again for your support of truth and justice. --GHcool 05:36, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Israel-related Wikipedia articles

Of course, I believe that Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. are all terrorist organizations. I also believe that the MR8 was a terrorist organization during the military dictatorship of Brazil, even though I personally supported the group's ideals. My own personal definition for a terrorist is any group or person that harms a third party individual or group in order to influence a political entity, but this is not everybody else's definition. Because of this, I'm willing to give the word "terrorism" the benefit of the doubt when it comes to NPOV.

As for the perceived anti-Semitism on Wikipedia, I think it exists more on articles related to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict more than it does on other articles. Consider the articles for the 1948 War of Independence or the Palestine Liberation Organization. They are, for the most part, a pretty honest look at the subjects. It leads me to believe that the silent majority of Wikipedians are honest and try to be unbiased. --GHcool 18:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your contact info

Hi Itzse: You have not enabled your Wikipedia Email feature in your "my preferences" at the top of your user page. Sometimes editors overlook that when it's a useful way of staying in touch with other editors. Best wishes. IZAK 03:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hi

Haven't yet had the pleasure of meeting you but recently I enjoyed reading some of your edits. Good luck, Amoruso 00:09, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

It's nice to know that someone out there appreciates your work, and takes the time to read your edits. Itzse 17:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Rebbe

Itzse! I have made a Template:Infobox Rebbe to help with pages for rebbishe bios. However, not everyone likes us and it has already been put up for deletion at Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#Template:Infobox_Rebbe. If you would like to see it kept, you have your chance now.--Redaktor 23:18, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Saw your comment to Klezmer -- our dispute is over because I finally just gave up and don't want to waste any more time or energy on it -- as you can see Klezmer stubbornly insists on ignoring and deleting and excluding any facts or truths, no matter how well known or accepted, that he can't find in his own "research" or in books with ISBN numbers, and imposing what he "knows" as the only facts on everyone else. Wiki's loss. --ChosidFrumBirth 21:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Going by and saying hello

Thank you for the warm comments on my talk page. As far as the Hezbollah article is concerned, I think the page is better than it ever has been. I would like to see the page unappologetically refer to Hezbollah as a terrorist group, but unfortunately WP:WTA does not allow for that. I just changed a word in the "Introduction and Background" section from "Ending Israel's occupation of Southern Lebanon was one focus of Hezbollah's early activities" to "Ending Israel's occupation of Southern Lebanon was the primary focus of Hezbollah's early activities." I hope it will stick. --GHcool 21:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

On the article as a whole you're right; it's better then what some would like it to say, but still quite short of the objective truth. But most people don't read though entire articles especially long ones. So to my understanding the initial paragraph of every article needs to give the reader some idea of the subject on hand; then the rest of the introductory paragraphs needs to give the complete picture in a nutshell; with the rest of the article going into all the details.
In this case the real introduction doesn't tell the reader the primary reason for which Hezbollah was created; rather we have another section following the introduction named "Introduction and Background". I think I'm going to rename it "Background of Hezbollah" or "Background" alone since all introductory paragraphs until a new section starts is really an introduction.
I gave a look at WP's rules on WTA and I plan to sharpen the rules and remove any ambiguity. I'll be bold and let the chips fall where they may. Of course I'm always open to constructive criticism. Itzse 19:49, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Hasidic dynasties

I have drafted a template for use on all the (Hasidic dynasty) pages. Please have a look. There are still some details which need to be ironed out. --Redaktor 14:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

It looks very good, but we need to break it down even more to include Bohemia and Moravia and many others. Itzse 21:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Can you tell me which ones (besides Nikolsburg) are in Bohemia & Moravia? --Redaktor 22:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

You’re right, at the top of my head nothing comes to mind. I did actually have Nikolsburg in mind; but just like the present day Nikolsburger Rebbe has nothing whatsoever with the Rebbe Reb Shmelke of Nikolsburg; he was just looking for a catchy title, (I have nothing personally against him); so I predict that many more Bohemian & Moravian names will be claimed in the coming years because the Polish, Galicianer & Hungarian catchy ones were already claimed. So I thought that some have already been claimed & if they come to mind I'll mention them. Also I didn't mean necessarily only Bohemia & Moravia; the American ones also need a category.
BTW the Rebbe Reb Shmelke was more Rov then Rebbe in Nikolsburg just like in a lesser sense the Yismach Moshe was more Rov then Rebbe in I'hel. The Yismach Moshe actually feered Rabisteve in I'hel; but I have yet to find a single solid evidence that the Rebbe Reb Shmelke actually spread Chasidus in Nikolsurg, Moravia.
Yes a lot of stories are said regarding this; that The Rebbe Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk came to Nikolsburg, and that the Rebbe Reb Shmelke's talmidim of the third generation of Chasidus studied by him in Nikolsburg. But the sefer Koros Ho'itim; written by Avrahom Trebitch who was born in Nikolsburg in 1760; so he knew the Rebbe Reb Shmelke, only tells us what a great Tzaddik and "Chosid" (Holy) man the Rebbe Reb Shmelke was, and that the day he arrived in Nikolsburg he already performed a miracle & brought rain. What really stands out, is that Reb Mordecai Benet (claimed as a talmid of the Rebbe Reb Shmelke, which IMO is probably not true) had absolutely no Shaichos to Chasidus. I have yet to find someone in the know who can shed light on all this. Itzse 17:25, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
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